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in g / F & S H - D / S & M H - D ' s B uffington wa s th e la st fini sh er in eig ht h . eN Vernon Downs Vernon, New York Results: September 9, ZOOO (Round 5 of 61 HEAT 1 (6 laps ; 5 riders. top five transfer): 1. Mik e Hac ker ( Sue); 2. J oe Ko p p ( Suz) ; 3 . George Richtmeye r (Suz); 4 . Bria n Krom ro y (Su e); 5. Roy Miller (Sua). Time: 3 min.• 42.150 sec . HEA T 2 (6 laps; 6 riders. t op six transfer ): 1. Chris E vans ( H·D); 2 . Ke n Coo lbeth Jr. (S uz); 3 . Willi e McCo y (Suz); 4. Bob Buffin gton (Suz): 5. J erry Vanderk ooi (5 02); 6. Brian Thom as (Sue). Ti me : 3 min .• 42.31 5 sec . S(J PE RTR APP S(J PERTR AC KER SER IES NATIONAL ( 12 lap s; 1 1 riders): 1. Chris Evans ( HD): 2 . J oe Kopp [Suz} ; 3 . Ken Coo lbeth J r. (Sur) : 4 . Willi e McCoy (Suz) ; 5. Brian Kromroy (Sue); 6. Roy M iller (S uz) : 7 . Jerry Va nderk ooi (Suz); 8 . Bob Buffing to n (Suz); 9 . Brian T ho m as ( Sue); 10. Geo rge Richtmeyer J r. (Suz) ; 11. Mik e Hack er (Sue). Time : 7 min.. 28.639 sec. S(JPERTRAP P S(JPERTRAC KER SERIES POI NT S STA N DI NGS (a fte r 6 of 7 rou nd s) : 1. J oe Kop p ( 103 /2 wins); 2. Mike Hacke r (7 8/2); 3. Willi e McCoy (7 1): 4 . J .R. Sc hna be (6 4) : 5. Brian Kromr oy (5 4) : 6 . Brian Th om as (48); 7. Roy Mi lle r (45) : 8 . Ken Coolbeth Jr. (38); 9 . (TIE) George Rich tmeyer/ Bob Bu ffi ng ton (3 6); 1 I . J err y Vand erk oo i (35) ; 12. Michell e Disalvo (3 3) ; 13. Paul Morgan III (32 ); 14 . Ja son Sentell (30) ; 15. Gary Rogers (24) ; 16. Chris Eva ns (23 /1 ) : 17. Robert Miller (2 1); 18. Jason Tyer ( 16): 19 . Kyl e Long ( 14) : 20. Paul Berqstrc m ( 12) . [J{)fi]@!JI@[f @[JiJ [?D[f@ Mike Hack er bli stered th e four- lap qualifying heats , turn ing his fo ur l ap s almost thr ee seconds faster than J ohn ny Murphree's second -fa stest time. Th e first reg ul ar heat sa w Sh awn Cla rk jump int o the lead , but Hac k er was soon in control and pulling awa y . Will Davis took second on his back-up bike, with Kenny Cool beth grabbin g the sp ot severa l times before settling into th ird. H eat tw o fe at u r ed tw o excell en t ra ces. Geo Ro ed er and Johnny M ur p hree bat tled spectacularly for the lead, wh ile Chris Evans and Chris Hart put on ju st as good a show for the last transfer s p o t. Murph r ee c ame away w ith a hard-earned w in in a cl ose fin ish with Roeder. Hart forced Eva ns into a couple of mistakes and eam ed his way into hi s first GNC m ain. Rich King and Kevin Varne s blasted to the front of heat th ree. Varnes pres su red K ing for about two laps, before the fac tory rid er pu lled to a convinci ng wi n. Kin gs 1a -lap time was eas ily the fastest of the night. Vames race was far from over as J oe Kopp challenged from the halfway point on. Both riders were ex cha ng ing lines and positio ns, b ut Varnes ended in second . K evin A th er t on appea red to hav e the last heat wr ap ped up before being run do wn by Ni ck y Hay den. Th e partti me team m ates batt led back and forth until Hayd en took ove r on la p eight. Athert on 's Gardn er racin g t ea m ma t e for th e n igh t , St ev e Beatti e, h eid off J ess Roeder and T erry Poovey for the last tra nsfer . Shawn Clark go t the holeshot in the fi rst sem i, but it was red flagged when Yu hiko Hirao pitched his Suzuki awa y in tum thr ee. Hirao returned to the pits under his own power, but was unabl e to restart . Ricky Winsett nail ed the seco nd start o ver George Richtmeyer. Willie McCoy soon put an end to that, tak ing the lead on lap th ree. Winsett held on to be the seco nd rookie in the m ain . Terry Poov ey ran away with the second sem i, leaving John Nickens to duel with Chris Evans for the last tick et to th e m ai n. T he Larcom-N ickens Racing /K&N /Saddl em en -b ack ed Nickens pulled to a soli d second . Mike Varn es left J ess Roeder to fend off Rob Will iams for the lon e remaining advancem ent. T he Las Vegas H-D/ Roeder H-D -sp on sored Roeder prevailed to make his second m ain of the year. SI'C'I'''ENTIJ 600lNJlITATIONAL MILE The SACRAMENTO 600 INVITATIONAL MILE October 7, 2000 has been canceled as Chris Agajanian Presents, Inc. has the exclusive rights to motorcycle rac es at th e Cal Expo State Fairgrounds, Sacra m~ nto , eye Ca. I e nevvs S EPT EM B ER 20 . 2000 21